Post Tagged with: "creative writing alumni"

by Kristin M. Distel Bailey Poland, an ’11 Ohio University alumna in creative writing, has published her first book, Haters: Harassment, Abuse, and Violence Online, with Potomac Press. Cybersexism, stalking, and online bullying and harassment have long captured Poland’s attention and served in part as an impetus for writing Haters. […]

Bite Somebody, a novel by Ohio University alum Sara Dobie Bauer, was published with World Weaver Press this month. The novel has been met with praise, with several reviewers noting the novel’s witty and humorous characters. “Bite Somebody is the Pretty in Pink of vampire stories: fun, self-consciously retro, and […]

Manawatu Standard reporter Carly Thomas interviewed Ohio University alum Thom Conroy ’02Ph.D. about his newly released second novel, The Salted Air. Conroy is a senior lecturer at Massey University in New Zealand. He earned a Ph.D. in Creative Writing from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Being a […]

Meet the Authors features two Ohio University alumni—Cori McCarthy ’05 and Kurt Dinan ’93—at the Athens Public Library on Saturday, May 7,  from 3 to 4 p.m. The young adult writers will talk about and read from their recently released books, McCarthy’s You Were Here and Dinan’s Don’t Get Caught. Books will […]

Two Ohio University alums received Individual Excellence Awards from the Ohio Arts Council for state fiscal year 2016. “Seventy-five (75) $5,000 Individual Excellence Awards were approved totaling $375,000. There were 392 applications received for a total request of $1,960,000,” according to the Ohio Arts Council announcement. “Individual Excellence Awards are […]

Ohio University alum Shea Daniels ’12 has been awarded a National Board for Certified Counselors Foundation scholarship created to encourage students from rural areas to practice close to home, reports the Chillicothe Gazette. Daniels earned a B.A. in English—Creative Writing from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. […]

In celebration of Poetry Month, the Athens Book Center presents a poetry reading and book signings Sarah Green and Becca J.R. Lachman on Thursday, April 16, at 7 p.m. at the Athens Book Center, 74 E. State St. in Athens. Green is a doctoral student in English, and Lachman ’07M.A. […]